Olivier Mbaizo

Olivier Mbaissidara Mbaizo is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer and the Cameroon national team.

Club career

Mbaizo began his professional career at Union Douala of MTN Elite One league in 2016. He helped Douala to 4th in the league table and made an appearance in the CAF Champions League against Zamalek SC.

In 2017, Mbaizo played for Rainbow FC making 10 appearances during the season.

In January 2018, Mbaizo signed for the Bethlehem Steel, the USL affiliate of the Philadelphia Union. The organization reunites him with fellow Cameroonian youth national, Eric Ayuk.

By April 2018, Mbaizo was signed to Bethlehem Steel's MLS affiliate Philadelphia Union after impressing with the first team during preseason training. While signed with the Union, Mbaizo would mostly be loaned back to Bethlehem for the 2018 season. He made his first team debut for the Union in September, starting in a 2–0 win over Sporting Kansas City.

Mbaizo has worked his way up the Cameroonian national team ladder starting with the U17s in 2014. In 2017, he appeared with Cameroon's U-20's for the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. He started all three matches and played every minute of the team's Group Stage. Mbaizo scored a goal in their second match of the tournament, a 4–1 victory over Sudan on 2 March 2017.
Mbaizo was called up in November 2020 for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches. He made his first start for Cameroon on 12 November in a 4–1 victory over Mozambique.

Philadelphia Union

Cameroon